Improvement in shawl-straps



GUSTAVUS BENSON BROAD, OF WATERVILLE, MAINE.

Letters Patent No. 113,623, dated April 11, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN4 SHAWL-STRAPS.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Gnsmvos BENSON BROAD, ofWaterville, in the county of Kennebeo and State of Maine, have inventeda. new and useful Improvement in Shawl-Straps and I do hereby declarethat the following is a. full, clear, and exact description thereofwhich will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part ofthislspeciication, in whieh Figure 1 is a detail sectional view 'of myimproved device taken through the line x z, fig. 3.

Figure 2 is a detail section of the same taken through the line y y,iig. 1.

Figure 3 is a top view of the same, the straps being broken away.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish a. neat, simple, andconvenient device for confining a shawl or other bundle for carriage;and 4 yIt consists in the device constructed as hereinafter more fullydescribed. u

A is the metal part of the device, which is made of cast metal, custrounded or loval upon its upper side. 4

Upon the end parts of the main body or bar of the device A is formedacross-bar, al, as shown in iig. 3,- the ends a. of the said bodyprojecting beyond the said cross-bars al.

The cross-bars al of the device A are cast with recesses upon theirunder sides to receive the straps bundle.

D is the hand piece of the device, which 'is made of leather rounded andswelled, or made larger in the middle, as shown in figs.` 1 and 2.

To the ends of the hand piece D are riveted caps E, having eyes formedin them to receive the keepers 'F, the ends of the arms of which passthrough. the

middle part ofthe cross-bars cl and are riveted to them.

The metallic part A ofthe device is designed to be jnpanued or platedwith silver or other suitable metal.

Having thus described my invention, v Y I claim as'new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- An improved shawl-strap, consisting of themetallic part A al az, straps B O, hand piece D, cap-eyes E, and keepersF, seid parts being constructed and arranged substantially as hereinshown and described, and for the purposes set forth. l

G. B. BROAD.

Witnesses:

L. T. Boo'rHBY, O. K. Murmws.

